Engineering and Operations Manager

Responsability:

• Management of a business volume exceeding €150 million for the European and African markets.

• Manufacturing engineering and tool design.

• Production engineering: metalworking, welding, painting, assembly, and packaging lines with a team of 120 people.

• Lean Leader (OEE, VSM, Kaizen, SMED, Poka Yoke, 8D, standard work, Gemba, Heijunka, 5S).

• TPM management of machines including punch presses, folding machines, panel benders, shears, roll formers, presses (from 10 to 150-ton eccentric presses), welding groups, packing machines, strapping machines, and manual and automatic electrostatic painting booths.

• Product engineering (introduction, industrialization, and design improvements of products). 

Achievements: 

• €1.1 million in cost savings (process reengineering; Lean/Kaizen events; machine relocation, etc. - 10 projects led over one year).

• 76% increase in production capacity with a €0.8 million CAPEX and ROI in the first year.

• 40% increase in productivity.

• 43% reduction in occupied space.

• Integration and standardization of products into a single production line.

External Relationships: 

• Steelcase Group in Estrasbourg (France) and USA

• Customers